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ArticleBMC nursing2019

Misconceptions about traumatic brain injury among nursing students in India: implications for nursing care and curriculum.

Jothimani Gurusamy, Sailaxmi Gandhi, Senthil Amudhan, Kathyayani B Veerabhadraiah, Padmavathi Narayanasamy, Sunitha T Sreenivasan, Marimuthu Palaniappan

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Jothimani Gurusamy1College of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health And Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, 560029 India.ORCID 0000-0002-3844-6038
Sailaxmi Gandhi2Department of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health And Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, 560029 India.
Senthil Amudhan3Department of Epidemiology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India.
Kathyayani B Veerabhadraiah1College of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health And Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, 560029 India.
Padmavathi Narayanasamy1College of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health And Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, 560029 India.
Sunitha T Sreenivasan1College of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health And Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, 560029 India.
Marimuthu Palaniappan4Department of Biostatistics, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India.
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Abstract

backgroundDespite the devastating consequences of Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), TBI misconceptions are common among healthcare professionals. As an essential member of multi-professional team providing TBI care, it is important that nurses have correct information and adequate skills to achieve the best possible outcomes for TBI. For example, some common misconceptions about TBIs are that a second blow to the head can improve memory functioning and wearing seatbelts can cause as many brain injuries as it prevents. In India, perhaps such misconceptions towards TBI among nursing professionals were not yet documented. As nursing students form the future health workforce, understanding TBI misconceptions among nursing students in resource-limited settings like India will provide useful information for strengthening the nursing curricula for improved care and rehabilitation of TBIs.

methodsWe used a cross-sectional survey to study the TBI misconceptions among nursing students in India. A Common Misconceptions about Traumatic Brain Injury (CM-TBI) questionnaire was administered to 154 nursing students from a nursing college of a tertiary care neuro-centre in India. The mean percentage of misconceptions were calculated for 7-domains of CM-TBI. T-test for independent samples and ANOVA were used to study the association of misconception with socio-demographic variables using total score for each respondent.

resultsOf the 143 nursing students who completed the survey, majority of them were female (97%) and in the 19-20 year age-group (95.1%). Domain on brain damage (81.1%) had highest rate, while amnesia domain (42.0%) had lowest rate of misconception. The overall mean-score was 22.73 (Standard Deviation

conclusionsMisconceptions about TBIs were common among nursing students and it was pervasive irrespective of age, gender, place of residence and year of education. A need to strengthen nursing curriculum in the area of TBIs has been emphasized for improved care and management of TBIs. The study findings also suggest the need for understanding such misconceptions among other healthcare professionals involved in TBI care.

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Educational InterventionMisconceptionsNursing CareNursing EducationPreventionTraumatic Brain Injury

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